Brown Sugar Pumpkin Kiss Shortbread

Where do I even start with these little bites of heaven! Brown sugar shortbread filled with pumpkin kiss ganache – yes, there’s pumpkin kisses in there! Then there’s the chocolate drizzle and zip of sea salt that basically makes life complete. They’re buttery, full of warm spices and they scream fall. And speaking of fall, can someone please tell me how on earth it’s October already? I don’t know how this happened so quickly, but if these cookies are any indication, I like where it’s going!

October also equals “bring on the pumpkin” and I like to ease into this pumpkin thing with pumpkin kisses, especially pumpkin kiss ganache. You may remember the Pumpkin Kiss Brownies that have a pool of pumpkin kiss ganache parked on top of them. I still can’t even handle those. This time I knew I wanted to make a cookie and shortbread sounded like the perfect match. Not just any shortbread, but brown sugar shortbread filled with cinnamon and nutmeg. If only we had smellagram.

Now I have to warn you that the shortbread are so good that they have been know to disappear before the ganache is even made… Also keep in mind that since it’s shortbread, it’s all butter so you want to roll the dough out while it’s still kind of cold.

The pumpkin kiss ganache works so well with the shortbread because the ganache is sweet, but the shortbread is warm and full of spices, so it’s all really happy together. Another plus is you only need half the bag of pumpkin kisses for the recipe so you can take care of that 😉 For those of you who can’t get pumpkin kisses where you live, I suggest using a white chocolate ganache in place of it.

To finish them off, I couldn’t decide between white or dark chocolate so I used both. Dark chocolate drizzled with sea salt – I am all about it. White chocolate drizzled with freshly grated nutmeg and a sprinkle of sea salt too – I’m all about that one as well. Let’s just say you should probably try both so you can make an informed decision!

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